Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026sorry i'm late, i hyperfocused on waxing the zippers of my workhorse duffle and lost track of time 1130
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026grinding out a working OHP set and feeling weak only to realize i failed at math and skipped to the working weight meant for 2 sessions from now 110
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026on the one hand, it would be a killer app feature to reroute you away from hills of a certain grade on the other hand, even a modest miscalibration there would prevent me from every getting home 040
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026my child had three events yesterday and I'm still recovering a day later 050
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026unreasonably proud that my child is also immune to brain freeze 1110
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026it is important to have two daylight lamps so that when it is gloomy out and you are too sad to search anymore, you have another a backup one ready to deploy 080
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026i regret to inform you that the cure for insomnia is 4 hours of bike riding and 40 minutes of heavy lifting 2270
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026if you're wondering where all the cargo bike dads are in SF today, they're all at Shipwreck Cove 160
Reposted by Ronnie Chentbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026scuba is the chillest activity and unironically this is a big reason why 748060
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026my house simply cannot sustain the accumulation of goods from me and my son both acquiring new hobbies at this rate 1140
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026me: why would you tag on me on this? @codahale.com: you're short 😑 160
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026the gap between the cartwheel you think you can do and the cartwheel you can actually do is wider than you think 2202
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026hey, sorry I won't be able to make it to dinner. I have to pick up my 5,000 lacewing eggs. 1122
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026if, like me, your daily ebike is a cheaper, direct-to-consumer bike, upgrading to better brake pads designed for ebike speeds is an amazing value 1110
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026pediatric COVID vaccines are delayed for kids under 12 and it's feeling like 2022 again where every parent of a young kid is in several group chats trying to share information about how and where to score a dose for their kid 1111
Reposted by Ronnie ChenMarc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If you want to be happy, be a gardener 041
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@marcprecipice.bsky.social hot takes: good management *is* hating things all the time why bother to fight it? 161
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026the kid has commandeered my work notebook and added agenda items to tomorrow's staff meeting 9618
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026me, earnest: "I'm so proud of you, I don't know if you know that" the kid, exasperated: "I ALWAYS know that" 2170
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026some jerk* has left their plates and dumbbells all scattered across the weight room** so you can't even walk across it without tripping on it. some assholes*** really just think someone else is going to come and clean up after them. * me ** my weight room, in my house *** still me 1170
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026indoor jungle has once again hit the point where it's time to start buying beneficial predatory insects 150
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026never going to beat the tiger mom allegations but i swear to god this kid asked me unprompted to give him math sheets and homework as a ploy to stay up past bedtime 090
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just got got by the old "look under there" "under where?" joke 0130
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026hey, so you guys also add extra weight to your planned lifts for the week when you've committed a management crime, as penance for your sins, right? that's a thing we're all doing? 280
Reposted by Ronnie Chenmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 15/09/2026god, i was born in the wrong era. imagine being around in the Cambrian period. you could just evolve something simple like shell or legs that nobody had thought of before and coast on that your whole life 111022152
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Build A Planning Process That Doesn't Suck Shit, Huh?" 0231
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026lived long enough to become the villian* * design the org planning process 060
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026listen to me, if you ever get a chance to sign your young child up for hip hop dance classes, you must seize that opportunity so fast one of the best parenting decisions of my life 0120
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026did you know that if you do an ftp test and heavy lifts on the same day, you will be very tired the next day? follow me for more pro tips 030
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026the dangers of being the crafty mom is that you will be given outlandish halloween costumes ideas and you will be expected to deliver (t-minus 49 days) 140
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026the kid just asked me to get this game again so we could roast marshmallows still haven't left the first planet 080
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026grateful for apps that tell you what weights to put on the bar when basic math is beyond your abilities 260
Reposted by Ronnie ChenRonnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 06/04/2025hello glute medius, my old friend and also my mortal enemy 011
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026if this heat wave stalls the impending blooms on my monkey faced orchid i'm going to become the joker 170
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026struggling today because humans simply cannot tolerate this kind of extreme weather conditions* * 86°F and 35% humidity in the SF peaks 180
Reposted by Ronnie ChenJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 10/09/2026I’m a wordcel. All AI math news looks like this: ‘CURTAINS FOR ERDŐS-STRAUS? NAVIER AND STOKES CAUGHT FLIPPING A KAKEYA’ 09016
Reposted by Ronnie ChenThe Get Up Kevins @kevinnewburn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Happy Sega Dreamcast day to all who celebrate. 425381
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026how is it that they're already putting out mooncakes and advertising mid-Autumn festival when it's still summer 110
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026feels like i'm just feeding my paychecks to the child's soccer cleat factory 1190
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026i just need 4 hours for lapsed household infra, 3 hours to catch up on work, an hour for the top todo list tasks, a full night's parenting, and a full night's sleep and i'll be caught up for tomorrow 1110
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026what do you mean the shoes i bought in the middle of june are already too small? 170
Ronnie Chen @ronnieftw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"do you want a scone?" "sure!" *sticks out hands* 0110
